I’m not sure if I am a slow learner or it just takes a while to get that deep understanding that it takes to truly understand something. I made a decision a long time ago to stick with the SR20, if you believe everything you read then you would probably go elsewhere in the engine […]

I have always followed my heart with the cars I have built, every little detail reflects what I believe my perfect “street car” to be. But what makes life a little difficult is that none of my cars can be registered due to the laws here in Australia, what makes things even more difficult is […]

This post has been a long time coming, over a year in fact. I love to be completely transparent in what I do and what you read on these pages, so I will rewind way back to the beginning of 2017 and let you in on the story… This time last year I was looking […]

My plan for this season was to enjoy what I have, get back to the track and keep everything maintained to the highest level. Although this is a one man operation I do call on help in the form of product support from time to time. These pages have opened up a lot of great […]

Big thanks to Belinda and Jason from Southside for the visit and the subsequent photo set for their blog. Their visit coincided with the completion of the HiRider V2 project that has now set sail for Italy. It’s probably a good chance to get a little personal and let you know where my heads at. […]

If your an avid reader of ETS then you may remember a little KTM that I threw together a few years ago. It started as a form of payment to my friend Dean, he went shooting for a company and ended up being paid with 2/3’rds of a motorcycle. I guess this story signifies a […]

It’s that one thing you cant buy, time; I have been grappling with the concept of time vs money. Some people have all the money but not the time, some have all the time but not the money. Where is the happy medium? Where is the sweet spot? I work a 40 hour week to […]

The end of 2017 took a long time to roll around for me, I packed so much in that time just started standing still. I often warn myself that my hyper productive nature is harmful and that I should take some time to soak up the things I have made and done before moving onto […]

A few months ago I had a request from BMW Australia to help bring some flair to their upcoming Sydney Motorcycle Expo display. The project involved two bikes, the first was a 1200 Adventurer that needed a display stand. But not just any stand. One that could lift the bike into a wheelie position and […]

My schedule for October and November was literally jam packed. When I arrived home from the USA I didn’t actually fly home. I flew back into Sydney where I left my van and trailer to continue on where WTAC left off. I picked up my trailer from Cameron Motes place (thanks Camo!) and then headed […]

I have had some time at home now to reflect and reminisce about my trip, this is the last post from America and a summery of my adventure. From the initial purchase of a $5,000 roller 10 months ago, a team effort by Dan Carr, Jasin Phares and myself constructed a bike that would carry […]

Every time I visit a company I learn a little every time. It doesn’t matter what they produce it’s always a learning experience. In hot rodding circles their isn’t a more respected or recognizable company than that of the yellow eyes, Moon Equipment Co. Founded by the late Dean Moon who grew up in Norwalk […]

In 1994 I was 11 years old, I had an XR75 Honda, our house backed on to farm land and the owners gave me permission to ride their entire property. It was probably in 1996 that a VHS tape called Crusty Demons of Dirt 1 made its way from America to Australia and into my […]

After the SEMA Ignited event was over it was time to say goodbye to Vegas and head south. It was time to finally get a taste of another one of my growing passions. Small boats with big engines. For me vintage choppers share many characteristics with vintage drag cars and vintage drag cars share many […]

My American adventure had three main components, the ride, the Hot Rod Reunion and then the SEMA event. Everything else was just a bonus. I had mixed emotions about SEMA and all the hype surrounding the event, I enjoyed Death Valley so much that I was sad to leave, but I had booked at the […]

Have you ever got back from somewhere and had people ask you what was the highlight of your time away? Well I did and it was a bloody tough question to answer. But Death Valley and its Furnace Creek Ranch is right up there on the top of my list. Dad and I rolled in […]

Don’t get me wrong I love the era I live in, the technology that we have and the opportunities it gives me. But if I had a chance to rewind the clock and spend 5 years in the 1960’s I wouldn’t for a second think twice about it. The more time I spent in Southern […]

After heading over the San Gabriel mountain range and experiencing the El Mirage dry lake it was time to head East. After finding one of the best Japanese meals I have had in a long time in Victorville it was time to recharge the batteries and prepare for another action packed day in the USA. […]

In preparation for the FLATS Movie and the build of the land speed race bike I researched America’s home of speed “Bonneville Salt Flats” but was suprised to find that they also raced on the El Mirage dry lake bed. El Mirage is the smaller and dustier version of Bonneville, when I first started planning […]

A by product of delving deep into the beginning of drag racing led to me to me to another form of motorsport of that era, oval track racing. Like drag racing the 1950’s and 60’s was a fast paced progression of competition and development for oval track cars. Racetracks started popping up everywhere, the bleaches […]

When I first started planning this trip I wanted to really immerse myself into the culture and history of Southern California. Like I did in Japan with drifting I wanted to make my motorsport culture experience reflect what was happening in the growth period of the sport that I came to see. I love drag […]

I want to start this post by firstly admitting something, I am not really a fan of museums, at least that was my mentality before the Petersen changed it all. Up until this point museums just seemed like a sterile and somewhat sad resting place for cars that had lost their functionality. I probably wouldn’t […]

Out of all the things I have built the Hilux has opened up the most amount of doors for me, it is only just now I am beginning to see the impact that the build had on the American population of car enthusiast, through all of those people I met Doug from Notable Rides fame, […]

I often think about why I love the stuff I do, this American adventure has given me a stack of time on the road to analyse the adventure I have been on. I dont think it would be half as enjoyable as its been so far if I hadn’t of wanted to do it for […]

It’s been 3 years since I have stepped back onto US mainland soil, this is the 2nd time, the first time was my honeymoon and since that day that I stepped foot on the plane and headed for home I have been dreaming about returning. Shawn Hibmacronan picked me up after a short ride on […]

WTAC 2017, what a time to be alive?? With just about any large project its handy to set goals and timelines, for me it was to have the PS13 project mechanically completed before this event. For those that were there last year and saw the car you might be fooled that for thinking that I […]

As depicted in my last post the PS13 is ready to tour the east coast. After fitting the doors a couple of weeks ago I found out that the stock door trims wouldn’t fit, I cut them up and tried to make something work, I quickly worked out I was just wasting my time and […]

It has been a crazy last few weeks/months, I want to say it went fast but now that I look back on the progress I have made in that time it feels like a lot longer. The Sydney Motorcycle Expo is fast approaching and I have been doing a lot of work for a few […]

If your new around here and have not seen the FLATS Movie then you can see it via Insight TV an exciting time for our production team and a huge stepping stone into the international market. We had a great time making it and look forward to more good times ahead!

The last post depicted this cars time on the dyno, with the car back home I still had a lot of work to complete and thats what I want to run you through in this post. I cant express how relaxed I felt returning home with a functioning car, a year ago I contemplated cutting […]

Still on a high from actually getting this car running I had a call from Aaron saying that the dyno was free from thursday morning to (if we needed it) the weekend. I have a love hate relationship with dyno’s, it’s the most stressful environment for any builder but also a true testing ground for […]

Oh boy! It works….. Prepare for the best, expect the worst…….. That’s pretty much how I operate, I have been around motorsport long enough to know that things almost never go to plan, I dont expect them to either, that always leaves me suprised when things actually go to plan. In preparation for the startup […]